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  1. S

    Relative sent their FileVault recovery key in an open email. Now what?

    Helping a relative figure out why their Mac is creating a new FileVault key with each macOS update. Well... they sent the full key in an open email. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ How big of a security risk is this now? Could an attacker gain access to their system with the recovery key? Risk of a physical...
  2. M

    Secure Erasing Intel Macs that DON'T have FileVault on

    I'm not able to find anything saying if this will work or not. I have a bunch of Intel iMacs to erase company data off of then get rid of. They were setup before I got here, and they were setup without FileVault. If I turn FileVault ON, let it encrypt then forget the password and reinstall...
    • Monologue0283
    • Thread
    • filevault filevault disabled recovery mode secure erase
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    How to Use Terminal to turn off FileVault Encryption (Ventura 13.2)

    To keep it short, I turned on FileVault and the encryption is still in progress. However, I want to turn it off as soon as possible without having to wait for it to fully encrypt before decrypting. I've looked at some resources such as this: https://iboysoft.com/news/disable-filevault-mac.html...
  4. D

    How can I enable FileVault in Mojave on an APFS formatted partition of an external USB HDD?

    According to this page: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh40593/10.14/mac/10.14 it’s perfectly possible - in Mojave - to encrypt an external HDD - any removable media in fact - with a couple of mouse clicks. Yet that option doesn’t appear in the context-sensitive menu when I...
  5. B S Magnet

    FileVault and Snow Leopard, after a sparseimage recovery: getting Login window to play nice

    It’s late, and I may return to edit this after some rest… Short story long: I ran FileVault on a Snow Leopard box for years until the SATA bus on which the FileVault sparseimage had been living started having trouble (the SATA bus, not the drive or volume). After pulling the drive from the...
  6. Macschrauber

    MP 1,1-5,1 Classic Mac Pro, Hibernatemode 25, FileVault and GPUs without Bootscreen

    As the electricity bill gets higher and higher I decided to check out Hibernatemode 25 to lower standby wattage. Hibernatemode 25 stores the ram content to /var/vm/sleepimage and sets the Mac Pro in a semi off state. Front LED is off, USB is off and one can wake the Mac only with the power...
    • Macschrauber
    • Thread
    • bootscreen filevault hibernatemode
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  7. macpot

    Is macOS safe if Windows (Bootcamp) gets a virus?

    Hi guys, I have a Macbook Pro 2020 with T2 chip and File Vault enabled. I installed Windows using Bootcamp, and after some time got a virus there so I quickly used Bootcamp assisstant in macOS and removed Bootcamp completely. Is it safe to assume that application (virus) on Windows had no...
    • macpot
    • Thread
    • bootcamp filevault
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  8. Alvin777

    Any Terminal Command to Cancel FileVault Encryption?

    Hello Apple friends. In the heat of the moment, at work (while there's discussion perhaps), I accidentally turned On FileVault encryption which is slowing things down and those who need to access my public files (Sharing thing) can't easily access my drive (Public folders) but I was actually...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • 3rd party accidentally turned on cancel filevault firewall terminal
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  9. circatee

    Filevault

    Being secure is something we all think about nowadays. With that being said, is FileVault worth it on a Mac Mini M1? I just received a work MacBook Pro (my first, and transitioning from Windows). Thus, FileVault is active on the MBP. Is it worth it to turn it on, on the Mac Mini M1? OS is...
  10. M

    Filevault on m1 pro macbook

    Hi. I am going to get a new macbook pro 14 and I am debating about setting a FileVault. I am wondering if it would be possible to unlock Filevault (and the whole computer) with the touch id. If I would need to really type a password each time the computer boots, it defeats the purpose and...
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    FileVault recovery key redundant?

    When activating FileVault, the user is prompted to either use iCloud for unlocking the encrypted disk or to write down a recovery key. I'm wondering if the recovery key is redundant. As usual, Apple provides very little information. I've found this: "The recovery key is a code which can be...
    • gilbertm
    • Thread
    • filevault recovery key
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  12. zachw

    FileVault2 Corruption, External hard drive encrypted RAID no longer accepting password.

    I have an encrypted hardware RAID (OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual) that is MacOS (Journaled, Encrypted). This was created via Disk Utility a few years back. Disk Utility is saying the drive is in great shape. I am on BigSur 11.4 but have access to other macs with older OS'. Suddenly the external...
    • zachw
    • Thread
    • corruption disk encryption filevault hardrive macos raid
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Unlock FileVault disk after failed Big Sur installation

    Quick summary: I tried to install Big Sur on a Macbook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) but this failed and now I can't access it anymore. Now I'm trying to access it through Recovery Mode to back up some files, but the FileVault password claims to be incorrect. Any ideas? Midway through the...
  14. Dawnabee

    Decrypting File Vault & Firmware password

    Just wondering if anyone experienced this. I tried to turn off the file vault on my macbook pro 2012. Usually it will ask a password to turn it off. I was playing around with terminal and when i tried to turn off the file vault started decrypting. My question is when it’s done decrypting will i...
    • Dawnabee
    • Thread
    • filevault firmware password macbook pro
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: MacBook
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    Writing to External Drive with FileVault is slow - Why? How to fix it?

    I have a USB3 5TB hard drive formatted as HFS+ with FileVault (full disk encryption) that I am using with MacOS Mojave. It is about 60% full and is getting slower and slower as I write additional files to it by copying files and folders in Finder. I am getting write speeds of between 80MB and...
    • tk_mac
    • Thread
    • encryption file vault filevault full disk encryption usb hard drive write speed
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  16. blizzforte

    macOS password security concerns

    If hackers try to get access to an iPhone the security system will lock the phone after a few attempts preventing the hackers to get access. Is this the same with MacBooks and macOS? I know about FileVault locking the hard drive after the shut down but will these measures prevent hackers from...
    • blizzforte
    • Thread
    • filevault macbook macos security
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
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    Disk Password in Mojave and APFS

    Hi to all, I have the following problem that makes me going nuts. I have spent 3 days in trying to get this issue out of my way. Without success. Now I have searched here for a thread but didn't find what I was looking for, for a Guide... I am currently using macOS High Sierra (10.13.5) on a...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Latest on cMP and FileVault?

    Hi, I tried to understand the state of things as far as FileVault (aka APFS-Encrypted) on cMP units is concerned. Read some threads here and on MacVidCards' blog, and still confused. I have a MP4,1 updated to 5,1 with a vanilla RX580 and 10.13.6. Considering whether to update to Mojave or...
    • binba
    • Thread
    • cmp cmp '10 upgrade efi firmware filevault gpu
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  19. J

    Filevault: does encrypting an external usb hard disk work for you?

    diskutil apfs encryptVolume disk3s1 -user disk Passphrase for the new "Disk" user (ABC-xxx): Repeat passphrase: Starting background encryption with the new "Disk" crypto user on disk3s1 The new "Disk" user will be the only one who has initial access to disk3s1 The new APFS crypto user UUID will...
  20. JDAA4

    Trying to upgrade from Sierra 10.12 to Mojave

    I'm trying to upgrade from Sierra 10-12 to Mojave. I get this error message "You may not install to this volume because it has legacy FileVault users". I'm using MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Cor i7 Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Startup Disk Macintosh HD Graphics...
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